Cervico-isthmic pregnancy is a rare and potentially life-threatening form of ectopic gestation in which the blastocyst implants in the uterine cervico-isthmus between the histological and anatomical internal os, followed by subsequent extension to the lower uterine segment. Early diagnosis may allow a conservative therapeutic approach that avoids catastrophic hemorrhage requiring hysterectomy. ...

Oesophageal cancer is frequently complicated by malignant fistulae. Necrosis of the tumour following radiotherapy or chemotherapy may lead to the development of fistulae between the oesophagus and adjacent tissues and organs. We report the expansion of an extra-luminal oesophageal cancer after resection, invading the cervico-thoracic spine, fortunately without neurological deficit, and leading ...

BACKGROUND Endometriosis is a chronic and progressive gynecological disorder and is manifest by dysmenorrhea and a major cause of infertility and chronic pelvic pain. The study was designed to compare the value of cervico-vaginal fluid of interleukin-1α (IL-1α) in patients with and without endometriosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fifty women were assessed in this case control study. The case grou...

Cheikh Ahmédou Lame, Birame Loum, Ibrahima Keita, Thierno Boubacar Diallo, Alamasso Sow Service d’ORL et de Chirurgie Cervico-Faciale, Hôpital Principal de Dakar, Sénégal, Service d’Anesthésie-Réanimation, Hôpital Principal de Dakar, Sénégal, Service de Chirurgie Générale, Hôpital Principal de Dakar, Sénégal Corresponding author: Cheikh Ahmédou Lame, Service d’ORL et de Chirurgie Cervico-Facial...

OBJECTIVE To determine the relationship between high vaginal pro-inflammatory cytokines and cervical shortening in women at high risk of spontaneous preterm labor and to assess the influence of cervical cerclage and vaginal progesterone on this relationship. METHODS This prospective longitudinal observational study assessed 112 women with at least one previous preterm delivery between 16 and ...

Annales Francaises d'Oto-Rhino-Laryngologie et de pathologie cervico-faciale - Vol. 138 N° 5 p. 417-418

The present work was carried out to study the variation in biochemical properties of cervico-vaginal mucus of pregnant and non pregnant animals which could help to design suitable tool in future for early pregnancy diagnosis in buffaloes. Cervico-vaginal mucus samples were obtained from 30 buffaloes (12 pregnant and 18 non pregnant) and some biochemical parameters were compared. Means of pH, so...

BACKGROUND Many patients ask for advice about choosing a pillow. This research was undertaken to determine if pillow type alters cervico-thoracic spine position when resting in the side-lying position. AIM To investigate the effect of different pillow shape and content on the slope of cervico-thoracic spine segments when side lying. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study was a randomized blinded c...

Most cervico-mediastinal goiters are situated in the anterior mediastinal compartment, but according to the literature, 10-15 percent of them are located in the posterior mediastinum. Although most anterior mediastinal goiters can be removed by using the transcervical approach, cervico-mediastinal goiters in the posterior mediastinal may require additional extracervical incisions. We report the...

Congenital cervico-thoracic kyphosis has been encountered in a girl with Pierre Robin sequence. The constellation of the spine malformation complex such as incomplete development of the vertebral bodies associated with defective ossification of the cervico-thoracic pedicles causing effectively the development of complete spinal cord injury at the kyphotic level of C7/T1 were present. Congenital...